Almost cried watching this. Beautiful.
Could someone familiar with this group, preferably a French speaker, explain the meaning of that song? Considering the circumstances (no masks, gathering in public) it looks like coronavirus protest song. If so, it's great way to protest, no violence, no hostility. If police tried to arrest them that would bring huge backlash.
Could someone familiar with this group, preferably a French speaker, explain the meaning of that song?
Here is the French first, followed by the English. I translated it directly from the internet, so some nuances are missed.
Nous, on veut continuer à danser encore
Voir nos pensées enlacer nos corps.
Passer nos vies sur une grille d'accords.
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non! (x2)
Nous sommes des oiseaux de passage,
jamais dociles ni vraiment sages,
nous ne faisons pas allégiance
À l'aube, en toute circonstance,
nouse venons briser le silence.
Et quand le soir à la télé,
monsieur le bon roi à parlé
venu announcer la sentence
Nous faisons preuve d’irrévérence,
mais toujours avec élégance.
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non!
Nous, on veut continuer a danser encore
Voir nos pensées enlacer nos corps.
Passer nos vies sur une grille d'accords.
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non! (x2)
Auto, metro, boulot, conso,
auto attestations, consignes,
Absurdités sur ordonnance.
Et malheur à celui qui pense!
Et malheur à celui qui danse!
Chaque mesure autoritaire,
Chaque relent sécuritaire,
Voit s’envoler notre confiance.
Ils font preuve de tant d’insistance,
Pour confiner notre conscience!
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non!
Nous, on veut continuer a danser encore
Voir nos pensées enlacer nos corps.
Passer nos vies sur une grille d'accords.
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non! (x2)
Ne soyons pas impressionable,
par tous ces gens déraisonnables,
vendeurs de peur en abondance.
Angoissant jusqu’ à l’indécence!
Sachons les tenir à distance!
Et pour notre santé mentale.
sociale et environnementales,
nos sourires, notre intelligence,
ne soyons pas sans resistance,
les instruments de leur démence!
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non!
Nous, on veut continuer a danser encore
Voir nos pensées enlacer nos corps.
Passer nos vies sur une grille d'accords.
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non! (x2)
Nous, on veut continuer a danser encore
Voir nos pensées enlacer nos corps.
Passer nos vies sur une grille d'accords.
Oh, non, non, non, non, non, non!
Nous, on veut continuer a danser encore
Voir nos pensées enlacer nos corps.
Passer nos vies sur une grille d'accords.
DANSER ENCORE!
We want to keep dancing again
See our thoughts embrace our bodies.
Spend our lives on a grid of chords.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! (x2)
We are birds of passage,
never docile or truly wise,
we don't make allegiance
At dawn, in all circumstances,
we're breaking the silence.
And when the night on TV,
gentleman the good king spoke
came to announce the sentence
We are irreverent,
but always elegantly.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!
We want to keep dancing again
See our thoughts embrace our bodies.
Spend our lives on a grid of chords.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! (x2)
Auto, metro, job, conso,
self-certificates, instructions,
Prescription absurdities.
And woe to the one who thinks!
And woe to the one who dances!
Every authoritarian measure,
Every security overstay,
We're seeing our confidence soar.
They show so much insistence,
To confine our consciousness!
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!
We want to keep dancing again
See our thoughts embrace our bodies.
Spend our lives on a grid of chords.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! (x2)
Let us not be impressionable,
by all these unreasonable people,
sellers of fear in abundance.
Agonizing to the point of indecency!
Let's keep them at bay!
And for our mental health,
social and environmental issues,
our smiles, our intelligence,
let us not be without resistance,
instruments of their insanity!
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!
We want to keep dancing again
See our thoughts embrace our bodies.
Spend our lives on a grid of chords.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no! (x2)
We want to keep dancing again
See our thoughts embrace our bodies.
Spend our lives on a grid of chords.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no!
We want to keep dancing again
See our thoughts embrace our bodies.
Spend our lives on a grid of chords.
DANCE AGAIN!
